Oct 18, 2012 - Sale 2290

Sale 2290 - Lot 142

Price Realized: $ 720
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
CARRIE MAE WEEMS (1953 - )
Sea Islands Series (Signifying Monkey).

Color screenprint on wove paper, 1992. 991x749 mm; 39x25 1/2 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, aside from an edition of 10.

The Sea Island Series combined text panels with photographs depicting the Gullah people--African descendants living off the islands of South Carolina and Georgia.